Respiratory Therapist

Job Description

Job Description

Facility :

Home Support : 2240 W Sunset St, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807

Department : 1297 DME SGF

Scheduled Weekly Hours :

40

Hours : 8am-4 : 30pm

Work Shift :

Day Shift (United States of America)

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence :

• Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces by Newsweek
• Recognized as a Greatest Workplace for Women in both 2023 and 2024.
• Listed as one of the Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024.
• Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
• Ranked among the Best Employers by State for Missouri.
• Healthcare Innovation's  Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare in 2025.

Benefits

Job Description :

The Registered Respiratory Therapist provides professional respiratory focused intervention during all phases of the patient care stay. The Registered Respiratory Therapist assesses and assists in the determination of a respiratory plan of care based on physical assessment, diagnosis, and patient history. The Registered Respiratory Therapist may provide medicated and non-medicated therapies, invasive and noninvasive ventilation, oxygen administration and titration, diagnostic testing as related to ventilation and pulmonary function as well as arterial blood gas analysis.◦ Education ▪ Required : Graduate of an accredited Respiratory Program ▪ Preferred : Bachelor's Degree in a related field ◦ Experience ▪ No prior experience required ◦ Skills ▪ Provides care as appropriate to age of population served. ▪ Proficient in safely providing all routine and emergent respiratory modalities. ▪ Able to assess patients and provide patient care per protocol. ▪ Provide accurate and appropriate electronic documentation. ▪ Provide accurate and appropriate education to patients, students and new staff. ▪ Possesses assessment and critical thinking skills ▪ Possesses in depth knowledge of anatomy and physiology ▪ Adheres to infection prevention practices and facility safety policies and procedures. ◦

Licensure / Certification / Registration

▪ Missouri State License for Respiratory ▪ Must obtain BLS within 90 days of hire ▪ RRT credential from the NBRC